Y5/6 Lesson 1 (Cycle A): To go to France and other countries

Using the present tense of aller - to go and an infinitive, the children learn to form the near future tense in French, which they use to describe to which country they will go on holiday, and why.

Learning objective

  • To begin using the future tense.

National curriculum

Languages

Pupils should be taught to:

  • Understand basic grammar and conjugation of high-frequency verbs, how to apply these to build sentences, express opinions, write phrases to create new sentences.

See link: National curriculum - Languages - Key stage 2.

Success criteria

Cross-curricular links

Before the lesson

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Teacher knowledge - language points

Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: Can practise building their sentences in supported groups, using just je vais aller – I am going to go, and a smaller choice of countries, focusing on accurate pronunciation. They can add a reason once confident in the first part of the sentence.

Pupils working at greater depth: Challenge the children to use the correct form of the verbs in the reason section eg avoir – to have, aimer – to like or adorer – to adore, to agree with their chosen sentence. Cette année elles vont aller en France parce qu’elles aiment faire de la planche à voile – this year they will go to France because they like windsurfing.

Wrapping up

During the week

  • Help the children to learn the names of the countries again by playing Lamb Darts: print the country names on paper and stick them on a big circle of paper, which can go on the wall or the floor. The children say the name of a country and try to hit the name with a soft toy.
  • Play the louder/softer game: blindfold one child, hide a toy and then remove the blindfold and have the child guess where the toy is hidden. The class chant the name of a country getting quieter when the child is far from the toy and louder when they are near the toy.
  • Display a map of the world in your classroom.

Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

Vocabulary

Created by:
Simone Haughey,  
French specialist
Previously a generalist Primary teacher for 12 years, Simone now specialises in Languages. She is MFL Consultant and Languages Teacher at Robin Hood Primary. Her work with Mandarin Chinese resulted in the IoE Confucius Institute for Schools awarding her school…
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